%0 Journal Article
%T Super
%A Henrietta L Moore
%A Nikolay Mintchev
%J European Journal of Social Theory
%@ 1461-7137
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1368431016678629
%X This article asks if and under what conditions ethnic diversity could become the foundation for a prosperous society. Recent studies on ethnic diversity and social cohesion suggest that diversity has a negative effect on social cohesion and therefore is detrimental to the social prosperity of individuals and communities. This article argues that although such a negative correlation may apply to contexts with well-consolidated ethnic groups, it does not necessarily apply to ¡®super-diverse¡¯ places with multiple small ethnic groups and multiple social, legal and cultural differences that cut across ethnicity. Drawing on ethnographic material from East London, the authors contend that, in super-diverse places, ethnic diversity could become a valuable aspect of community life, while inequalities in social, cultural and symbolic capital become central points of social antagonism to the detriment of prosperity
%K East London
%K ethnic identity
%K inequality
%K prosperity
%K social antagonism
%K social cohesion
%K super-diversity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1368431016678629